No entry in Google for the phrase “explores his Nordic roots.”
No entry in Google for the phrase “explores his Aryan roots.”
Tabletmag: “Wolf Blitzer Explores His Jewish Roots”
Chaim Amalek writes: “Ever see the move ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding?’ The groom is made out to be some pale, blank WASP who of course has no ethnic value worth speaking of. Which makes the rest of the setup more plausible, I suppose.”
Ashe Schow writes: When a sensational rape story is found to be fraudulent, there are few ramifications for those who perpetuated the hoax in the first place.
To take the most recent example, no one is getting fired at Rolling Stone for its fraudulent article about a brutal gang rape at the University of Virginia. The fact-checkers who failed to raise sufficient concerns about the lack of corroborating evidence, the editors who removed crucial details that would have made the article’s weaknesses clear, and the author who sought a sensational story to fit an agenda will all keep their jobs.
And beyond those at RS who allowed the hoax to go forward, those who helped spread the story once it was published faced no consequences either. U.Va. president Teresa Sullivan offered no apology for her role in treating Phi Kappa Psi, the fraternity accused in the RS article, as guilty from the start. Similarly, there appears to be no investigation to discover the vandals who smashed windows and spray-painted hateful messages at the fraternity house.
Jackie, the source of the false article, still has her privileged status as a victim, despite there being no evidence that she is the victim of anything.
The same was true of the Duke lacrosse hoax nearly a decade ago. Richard Brodhead is still the president of the university. Wendy Murphy, who spread lie after lie about the case on television throughout the ordeal, is still being asked for her opinion (in fact she was quoted in the now-retracted Rolling Stone article — go figure). The activists and professors who smeared the lacrosse players were never held accountable.
Comment: In Europe reasonably attractive women will occasionally date and marry African black men. So there is definitely some cultural element to these preferences. White women in America learn intuitively at a very young age that a relationship with a black man makes you damaged goods in the eyes of any white man worth marrying. The stigma in Germany is not as bad, especially given the high profiles in soccer and entertainment of all sorts of German “Mischlingskinder” with African fathers. Of course, even in Germany Africans are mostly the fall backs for aging German divorcees. But unlike America, middle aged German hags actually take pride in taking sex tours to Africa where they pay young African men to fuck them and give them back rubs for a few weeks a year. I’m sure at some level fucking black men is a way to take revenge on a society that rejects you as unattractive and superfluous.
Heartiste: Vox, as you may or may not know, is a seething pit of anti-badwhite “anti-racism” Judeo-Christian hatred. If there’s a Dindu Nuffin or a Gentle Giant or a make-believe rape culture victim who can be exploited to slander normal, heterosexual white men, the girls at Vox are on the case.
With that in mind, notice anything peculiar about Vox’s staff? Can you… spot the Diversity?
Matty Yglesias named his kid “Jose”.
REPORT: A rabbinical group called the Halachic Advisory Board has released a statement following a speech by Simi Yarmush, a California resident who accused rabbis for not aiding her when she came forward about being abused at a young age.
Members of this group include Rabbi Avrohom Union, Dayan and Menahel of the Beth Din of the Rabbinical Council of California (RCC); Rabbi Gershon Bess, Rov of Congregation Kehilas Yaakov in Los Angeles; Rabbi Yosef Shusterman, Rov of Chabad of Beverly Hills in California; and Rabbi Berish Goldenberg, Chairman of Family Commission at RCC and Principal at Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn Academy in Los Angeles.
Here is their statement in full:
We have reflected in recent days on the story of a brave and valiant young woman who has shared her story with the public.
What happened to her happens all too often. Sadly it will happen again. During the course of the dialogue surrounding her message, many questions have been raised. Because of legal restrictions and a code of conduct on disclosure practiced by the professionals involved in this area, we cannot discuss the particulars of this situation.
Nevertheless, as a community that cares deeply about taking action against sexual abuse and providing assistance and comfort to their victims, we believe it is useful to provide to the public an outline of our protocols and procedures that are now and have long been in place regarding this subject.
We are in constant contact with local authorities and experts in the field and upgrade our protocols when necessary. A review of the attached flowchart will enlighten the public to the model we’ve developed and hopefully promote a thoughtful dialogue to improve the public’s awareness and assistance in tragic matters such as these (COLlive note: The document was not provided for publication).
Who is the Halachic Advisory Board?
In 2001, in response to three horrific instances of sexual abuse in our community, the Halachic Advisory Board (HAB), a group consisting of Rabbinic leaders representing the broader Orthodox Jewish community, made a groundbreaking decision.
Since their inception, they have sensitively provided support, security and resources to victims of abuse. They have undergone numerous training sessions from experts in the field and have trained groups around the country. In situations where victims of abuse were unable to be protected by law enforcement, the Halachic Advisory Board continued its work to find ways to protect victims, families and communities.
The Halachic Advisory Board would quite literally go beyond the letter of the law, to protect victims, families and communities.
Why would a victim not be protected by law enforcement?
In many circumstances including where mandated by law, cases brought to the Halachic Advisory Board are directed to legal authorities as appropriate and/or required by law. In order for authorities to protect a victim or prosecute an offender – charges must be filed.
If a family chooses not to file a police report, there is nothing law enforcement can do to help them. If an act is not legally deemed criminal, there is nothing law enforcement can do to keep someone from causing more harm.
Is anything done to protect a victim who cannot or will not make a report?
The Halachic Advisory Board offers assistance and support in situations to people when law enforcement cannot. In these situations:
· The Offender must agree to engage in a comprehensive sex offender evaluation from a credentialed agency.
· The Offender must sign a release so sex offender evaluation and treatment recommendations of the experts are provided to the Halachic Advisory Board Team.
· Any recommendations provided by the experts involved are facilitated by the Halachic Advisory Board so that there is compliance and follow up with all treatment and other recommendations.
What are the legal issues involved?
In a nutshell, these cases involve various legal principles, some of which conflict:
Most States, and especially California, have detailed laws surrounding a privilege of confidentiality that arises out of the physician-patient, psychotherapist-patient, and rabbi-congregant relationship.
In some situations, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules apply. In addition, licensing Boards are very protective of patients. Interestingly, these protections not only obviously apply to abuse victims; they may also serve to protect abusers. Abusers may also insist on confidentiality as a condition to submitting to analysis and treatment.
In circumstances where the victim insists, for understandable reasons, on secrecy and identity protection, the Federal and State constitutions provide protection to Offenders (called the right of confrontation). This right effectively prevents the Police, Rabbonim and all others from accusing the alleged Offender. The Offender must have the right to face his/her accuser and the right to challenge the allegations.
· State slander and libel laws make an accuser liable for compensatory claims if they cannot prove the truth of the accusation. Such proof of truth becomes impossible where the identity of the abused must be protected and not be disclosed or where the accuser does not know the identity of the abused.
The Halachic Advisory Board has achieved extraordinary success over the decades in combating abuse. Those of us who are and have been involved everyday with these significant, heart wrenching issues have devoted our lives to helping people rebuild after abuse occurs. Working together with authorities and experts of all segments of the community, as well as using our contacts nationally and internationally, we can prevent abuse and create a safer environment for all of us.
Testimonial from Paul Bishop, Supervisor (currently retired) of the LAPD West Bureau Sexual Assault Detail:
“As the supervisor in charge of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operation West Bureau Sexual Assault Detail, I have interacted with the rabbinical council on a number of occasions regarding allegations of sexual abuse brought to their attention by those they serve.
“I always found them to be anxious to seek proper guidance and willing to follow through on a discussed and suggested course of action. They were always open and concerned with doing the right thing, never holding back information or shying away from difficult situations, even if moving beyond their comfort zone in order to provide the best resolution to a situation.
“It is rare to find this kind of ongoing relationship of mutual trust and respect between law enforcement and a religious hierarchy. I was both personally honored and professionally privileged to work with these fine individuals.”
The next time a big bust for Medicare fraud is announced check the names of the indicted . The lists are striking for the number of Indian and other foreign doctors .
“In Brooklyn, Dr. Syed I. Ahmed allegedly submitted $85 million in bills to Medicare over three years, from January 2011 to December 2013 for surgeries that never occurred, according to court documents. Nearly $27 million was submitted to Medicare in 2012 alone .”
From the FBI home page :
“Mobile Doctors’ Chicago CEO and Doctor Arrested on Federal Health Care Fraud Charges.”
“Arrested were Dike Ajiri, 42, of Wilmette, CEO of Mobile Doctors, which he has effectively owned since 1996, and Banio Koroma, 63, of Tinley Park, a physician who has worked for Mobile Doctors since approximately 2007.”
You can bet a list of the MD’s working for him would have similar names .
From Time Mag . :
“Medicare Fraud Horror: Cancer Doctor Indicted for Billing Unnecessary Chemo”
“Dr. Farid Fata is being held in a Detroit jail on $9 million bond.”
They’re not the only ones doing it to be sure but they do seem to be overrepresented .
Doctors didn’t go from one of the most respected professions in the mid 20th century to just ahead of lawyers 50 years later for no reason .
You can’t change your sex (it’s in your chromosomes). All you can do is mutilate yourself. I don’t think a healthy society encourages that.
A serious society would expel anyone who tries to change their sex and then the other confused souls would get the message.
Chaim Amalek writes:
It is impossible not to notice that the New York Times has been giving massive coverage to the championing men who choose to dress up as women and use their public bathrooms. “Transgendered” is indeed the new Black. Not that “Black” is completely out of fashion at the Times. There is always room for the story of the innocent black man who is gunned down by a cop somewhere. Not so much for the innocent white man who is gunned down by a copy, or a kid who is raped and mutilated by homosexuals (e.g., Jesse Dirkhising).
Let’s get serious. Real women do not want to see or even think of seeing men in women’s clothing, unless it is part of a theatrical production. Our elites are desperately trying to mold humanity into their twisted image of what it should be.
I do not mean anything personal by my comments. I am simply describing how men, most men, really are. And I think just about every man reading this knows it to be so, even if women (and men) might wish things were otherwise. A fifty year old man is like a fifty year old homosexual in this respect. Neither one is hot to have sex with a fifty year old woman, and the reason in each case is basic biology. It is just how we are, gay or straight. And just as a progressive woman (or man) would never think to criticize a 50 year old gay man for not being hot for 50 year old women, so too should she not criticize 50 year old straight men for not being hot for 50 year old women. I know, there are always exceptions, but this is how life is for the vast majority of us. And I should think that such a convergence would be a cause of cheer for champions of gay rights.
WASHINGTON — A 17-year-old transgender youth, Leelah Alcorn, stunned her friends and a vast Internet audience in December when she threw herself in front of a tractor-trailer after writing in an online suicide note that religious therapists had tried to convert her back to being a boy.
In response, President Obama is calling for an end to such therapies aimed at “repairing” gay, lesbian and transgender youth.
Steve Sailer writes: According to the President of the United States, transgenderism is Good, but trans-transgenderism is Bad, as is, apparently, genderism.
COMMENTS TO STEVE SAILER:
* He/she was a teenager. Unfortunately, teenagers have a high suicide rate. And they can latch onto any rationale.
* So, this is where we are now.
A mentally ill person wants to be the opposite sex. A counselor suggests that the person consider accepting the natural sex. Mental patient commits suicide and blames counselor’s suggestion of just going natural.
n=1
Based on this sample size, the President (not a psychiatrist nor a peer committee of such) suggests as a matter of public policy and professional practice that mental patients not be counseled to accept their natural sex rather to embrace their delusions of being the opposite sex.
Are we serious?
This is at least as stupid as any religion.
Is the president now some kind of high priest who advises all people on all matters whatever without regard to being entirely unqualified?
* There was an interesting article over The Atlantic today about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), basically an anthropologist interviewed a bunch of women in countries where it is common practice and they were basically OK with it.
Of course, most Americans, and in particular feminists, are horrified by this kind of ritualized genital mutilation and I am, too, but the argument is that these women are brainwashed and don’t really want to be doing this, it’s the culture that is making them do it.
At the same time, the overall culture in the US is endorsing the idea that, if individuals believe they are trapped in the body of other gender, then the self-mutilation that must inevitably accompany “transition” is laudatory. And what does that say about our culture?
* They never even consider for a second that it might be a bad idea to groom troubled teenagers to assume that their depression means that they are permanently gay or really the opposite sex, and therefore they will only be happy with either tons of meaningless and degrading nastyness in bathroom stalls or else expensive and irreversible surgery.
So when a troubled kid kills himself after being egged on by people in the internet, his parents are blamed not enablers. The enablers and hecklers on the internet are encouraged by the President of the United States himself, against the parents.
Its hard to see how our society could become any more loathsome.
* First, it may be that the social difficulty of being transgendered caused an otherwise-sane person to commit suicide, but wouldn’t a more parsimonious explanation be that this individual had serious mental issues that manifested themselves as both gender drama and suicidal action?
Second, I would think that the Internet Age provides plenty of friendly affirmation to people who need it. Note that Alcorn had “friends and a vast Internet audience.” I assume that refers to some kind of blog or whatever. So Alcorn apparently had no shortage of people providing support and agreeing with her gender-related views. Question: is there any amount of sympathetic attention or applause that would have dissuaded Alcorn from committing suicide?
If not, then maybe this tragedy has more to do with the unfortunate internal state of a troubled person than with the purported bigotry of some therapist. And maybe we shouldn’t give that troubled person a heckler’s veto on national policy.
* In general, the “I was born this way” argument is a pretty powerful one. Leaving aside the question of how true it is in the specific case at hand, it’s a direct and compelling statement.
The problem with it, from a progressive perspective, is that it’s a fundamentally conservative argument. After all, it implies that some characteristics of people may be impervious to social engineering. Some may even be (gasp!) hereditary.
The result is a conventional wisdom that says some identities are good and natural and unchangeable while others are the socially constructed products of false consciousness. Who-whom.
* I’ve always thought that a better way to sell conversion therapy is that instead of turning a homosexual into pure straight, that they would just try to attain bisexuality. This wouldn’t require sexual attraction to be unlearned, which seems a hard goal to attain, but merely to expand sexual attraction to the opposite sex.
To use a metaphor, you can’t unlearn a language you know, but you can learn a new language.
From a Christian point of view, you just want people to be able to function in a happy opposite sex marriage, and this only requires bisexuality, not a total absence of same sex desire. From a leftist point of view, expanding sexual options is easier to defend than suppressing sexual desire.
Is it possible to expand sexual attraction in this way? Here’s one obvious example:
Men learn to find older women attractive as they themselves get older. Very few teenage boys find 45 year old women attractive, but many 45 year old men learn to adapt themselves. Social pressure plays a big role in this – older men are expected and pressured into finding older women attractive and are also very strongly discouraged from acting on their attraction to much younger women.
I think this a process of expanding sexual attraction – men never stop finding 18 year old girls attractive, but they learn to find older women attractive too (to some degree), like learning a new language.
So this seems a clear cut case of social expectations manipulating sexual attraction, and doing so in a socially constructive way.
And it’s one feminists will have hard time arguing against. They are already committed to the idea that beauty is socially constructed, and they hate it when older men pursue younger women.
To a lesser extant race is another example, I think many men have had the experience of learning to appreciate the beauty of women of various races. You’ll hear men describe how they had never noticed, say, Asian women, until one beautiful Asian girl came along and from then on they kept noticing others. This is a learning process, once you learn it you don’t usually unlearn it. Race isn’t as big a difference as sex, but it’s something.
* Just because your brain is wired incorrectly does not mean society should affirm that situation. If someone is wired to believe they are Napoleon, that doesn’t mean we agree with them send them off to conquer Russia with an army. I mean doing any less is not accepting and affirming who they are are.
The belief that chopping off/attaching organs and rearranging body parts is going to help someone with mental problems is flawed. It’s the equivalent of removing a person’s eyes because they see illusions. The same way it is flawed to accept a sexual orientation that is harmful to the people involved and naturally disordered. This doesn’t mean hunting them down to abuse them or necessarily trying to remake them against their will. It does mean not humoring them and telling them they are great, normal, and wonderful. They aren’t, they are damaged in some way and should be offered help if they want it.
“Imagine if someone was trying to force you to become gay with therapy, you would go nuts.”
You see homosexuals trying to convince heterosexuals of it all the time.
REPORT: The Social Security Administration (SSA) approved disability benefits for hundreds of Puerto Ricans because they do not speak English, despite the fact that Puerto Rico is a predominantly Spanish-speaking territory.
According to a new audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the agency is misapplying rules that are intended to provide financial assistance to individuals who are illiterate or cannot speak English in the United States. Under the rules, Puerto Ricans are allowed to receive disability benefits for their inability to speak English as well.
“We found the Agency did not make exceptions regarding the English-language grid rules for claimants who reside in Puerto Rico, even though Spanish is the predominant language spoken in the local economy,” the OIG said.
The audit said a person applying for disability in Puerto Rico who cannot speak English “may increase his/her likelihood of receiving disability benefits.”
The agency does not currently have a system in place to keep track of the number of beneficiaries who receive disability insurance for not being able to speak English.
However, the OIG was able to identify 218 cases between 2011 and 2013 where Puerto Ricans were awarded disability due to “an inability to communicate in English.” Furthermore, 4 percent of disability hearings in Puerto Rico involved looking at the individual’s ability to speak, read, write, and understand English.
Chaim Amalek writes: “WHY does the NY Times see fit to provide this platform for antisemitic views, and during Passover no less! When Moshiach comes, no goyella will dare sit next to any one of us. They will leave on their own, even if the plane is leaving the gate.”
A growing number of airline passengers, particularly on trips between the United States and Israel, are now sharing stories of conflicts between ultra-Orthodox Jewish men trying to follow their faith and women just hoping to sit down. Several flights from New York to Israel over the last year have been delayed or disrupted over the issue, and with social media spreading outrage and debate, the disputes have spawned a protest initiative, an online petition and a spoof safety video from a Jewish magazine suggesting a full-body safety vest (“Yes, it’s kosher!”) to protect ultra-Orthodox men from women seated next to them on airplanes.
The number of episodes appears to be increasing as ultra-Orthodox communities grow in number and confidence, but also as other passengers, for reasons of comfort as well as politics, push back.
